If voters elect Dean Trantalis and Steve Glassman to the Fort Lauderdale Commission on March 13, it will be the first time the city has had two openly-gay elected officials and the first time an openly-gay man, Trantalis, has been elected mayor.

Whether the city-owned War Memorial Auditorium should allow guns shows to continue and an LGBT-related fundraiser in Miami were two of many issues raised at a mayoral and District 2 commissioner candidate forum Feb. 26 in Fort Lauderdale.

(Mirror) For the last 10 years, Steve Glassman was officially retired. Today, he’s a Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner. Glassman was always active in civic engagement and community politics. For nearly 20 years, he watched almost every meeting of the planning and zoning committee. But last year, he saw an opportunity.